Rail tie and fastening.



A. VALKBLBERG. RAIL TIE AND FASTENING. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2 8; 1911.

Ptented Oct. 17, 1911 a 7////llfl// five/afar UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ALBERT VALKELBERG, OF HITEMAN, IOWA.

RAIL TIE AND FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 28, 1911. Serial No. 640,973.

Patented Oct. 17, 191-1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ammu'r Vncmcmssuo,

a citizen of the United States, residing at' trated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherem Figure 1 is a side elevation of the 1mproved rail tieand .fastenin Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is an endperspective view thereof. I

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthcfscveral views.

The body of the tie is indicated by the numeral 1, and is formed at itsends with fixed overhanging lips 2 and 3, the lip 2 having an outsideposition with respect to the adjacent rail and the lip 3 having aninside :uljacent position, with respect to the opposite rail. The lips 2and 3 cooperate with lips i and 5 respectively, the lip -lhaving aninside position with respect. to the adjaccnt rail and confronting thetip 3 and the lip 5 having an outside adjaccnt posilion. with respect tothe opposite rail and confronting the lip "lhc lips -l and 5 are formedupon chairs (3 and ('n'crhanging the same, said lips defining with theupper surfaces of said chairs a. recess in which the :uljaccnt railllange ccmlln'niably rccei vcd. The chairs (3 are each provided at theirlower ends with lateral extensions 7, and the tie 1 is formed withrecesses or cut away portions in which the chairs '(3 with theirextensions 7 conformably lit. The lips 2 and 3, together with theadjacent upper surfaces of the tie, also define recesses in which theadjacent rail flanges contormably lit, and which of course a re oppositeto the recesses defined by the lips 4 and 5 respectively. The chairs 6are so proportioned that their faces opposite the extension 7, whichabut'against the adjacent faces of the recesses in which said chairsfit, are 00- incident with the central longitudinal plane of the rail.To secure the chairs, straps 8 are employed. The straps 8 are located atopposite sides of the tie and at each end thereof and extend across theextensions 7, being fastened in pairs by upper and lower transversebolts 9 and '10.

, Ordinarily, the lips or flanges or equivalent'devices which'areemployed to secure the rails upon the tie are fastened to the tie byspikes which are driven vertically through said lips or flanges into thetie, and which are quite susceptible to vibration, especially when. thetie is used upon bridges of like structures. According to the presentimprovements, however, such spikes are eliminated, and their function isperformed by the straps 8 and the bolts 9 and 1.0, these elements beingnot susceptible to vibration, at least to any appreciable or dangerousextent, and, when nut locks are usetlin connection with the bolts, afastening ofthe most positive and safe character is had. Aside fromthese considerations, the

lips 4 and 5 are integral with the chairs 6 and overhang the-upper facesof said chairs,

'which chairs provide half of the seating area of the rail.Consequently, there can be no variation of the size of the spaces orrecesses in which the rail flanges fit, and

therefore there-is no liability of the displacement of the railfrom thiscause. Moreover. the chairs 6 have a snug lit in the recesses which areprovided therefor in the tie, and owing to the extension 7 any upwarddisplacement or vibration of said chairs is prevented, while the straps8 of course prevent any lateral displacement thereof. The constructiondoes notinterfere with the ballasling of the road bed, as is obvious.

The improved tic may be readily taken from its place and a new onesubstituted. For this purpose all that is required is to remove one ofeach pair of the straps S. and thcnto remove the chairs 6. 'lhcrcuponthe tie may be tal(cn t'rom place with a lateral sliding movement itheingbuly necessary to jack up one of the adjacent rails. Conscquently,no removal offthp rail sections is necessary for-the removal orreplacement of a ti e. Thus'i'n the embodiment of Fig. 1, assumingthatthe chairs 3 are removed, the tie may be taken from position by movingit to the left, in which case it is necessary to jack up the left handrail,- so as to enable the lip 3 to pass thereunder. Thepresentconstruction, in securing the advantages rechair arran'gedat ea'-h end of the tie, one 3 ferred to, does notdo so at the expense ofeconomy and simphelty, as is obvious.

Having fully described my invention, I-

claim:

rail tie having a fixed overhanging lip at each end thereof, oneliphaving an outside position with respect tc'the' adjacent rail and theother having an inside adjacent position' with respectto the other.rail. the

tie also hating! arecess adjacent each lip, a

chair o'ecupying an inside adjacent position I with respect to thefirstnamed rail and the other chair o'cciipying an outside adjacent 15position with-respect to the second named rail,- eaeh chair having anoverhanging lip which cooperates with the corresponding one of the lipsfirst-named, eaclr chair further having a lateral extension, the chairswith their extensions conformably fittingnin 3 said recesses, strapsarranged to extend across the extensions at opposite sin sof the tie.and bolts muneeting the straps in pair.

I n testimony wl'lereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosnhsl'ribing'witnesses. I ALBERT VALKELBERG.

'itnesses: i

l'lm'ru SCO'I'I,

Amuss lhum'r.

